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After Ferguson and Staten Island, Black Churches Remain Committed to the Fight for Justice
There could not be more explicit examples of our nation’s lack of progress on social-justice issues than the current state of affairs in Ferguson, Mo., and New York City. The reaction to two grand juries’ decisions not to indict the police officers in the deaths of two unarmed men has been fueled by the same…
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Protesting a Bishop Because She’s a Lesbian Is Moral Hypocrisy on the Part of Black Ministers
Within the last several days, a coalition of African-American pastors initiated a public protest against the president of American Baptist College in Nashville, Tenn., urging him to disinvite Bishop Yvette Flunder from speaking at an upcoming ABC lecture series because she is a lesbian and married to a woman. In a press release, they called…
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A Black Pastor Reveals How He Came to Support Same-Sex Marriage
My journey toward being an unapologetic supporter of marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples began in the fall of 2011 when I requested a meeting with a lesbian couple who had joined our church. I noticed they had joined on separate Sundays so as to appear not to be together, and I wanted to…
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